Wheel



L. H. KRICKEL. WHEEL.

APPUCATION mzn 050.10.19r9.

1,358,757. Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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WITNESS WVUl/TUH Louis H. Krl clml.

. A HORNE V L. H. KRICKEL.

WHEEL.

APPLSCATION FILED 02c. 10. m9.

1,358,757. PatontedNov. 16,1920.

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MIME/V708 Lamb H [(773196] ZW ATTORNEYS iii UNITED STA'ILES LOUIS H. KRICKEL, OF MONROE, LOUISIANA,

SCHULTZE, SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. TO RICHARD FER CENT. TO CHARLIE-I3 rg rENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF SEVEN AN'D ONE-HALF DOWNS, SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. TO HENRY M. HOWELL, SEVEN AND ONE- HALF PER GENT.

'10 JOHN E. DOUGHTIE, SEVE N AND ONE-HALF PER CENT.

TO E. L. OWENS. AND SEVEN AND ONE-HALF PER CENT. TO SHELBY G. BLAOKMON,

ALL OF MONROE. LOUISIANA.

WHEEL.

1" '0 all w hem it may concern lie it known that l, LOUIS l-l. Kinounn, n citizen of the United States, and a resident of ivlonrlm. in the parish of ()uachite and Pilate i-l lw iisiuliu, have made ccrtiiii'i new and useful .linprovcincnls in Wheels, of which the Following is .1 specification.

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.2 important object of the invention is to provide an improvement of this cliuriu-tcr in which the rim parts are so formed. and associated with each other that while they are positively retained assembled and. in position for immediate mounting on the wheel when the rim is carried as a spare rim, they are adapted to be easily and readily disassembled and reassembled to remove and replace the tire when necessary.

Another important object is to provide an improvement of this character in which in event of emergency the rim may be re moved and the travel necessary to place of relief may be made without. dun er of distortion or breakage of the expose structure.

Another object is to provide an improve ment of this diameter of great strength and durability, eliicient in practice, easy to operate and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages reside in the certain novel features of the construction, arrangement and combiinetion of parts, and will become apparent as the description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view showing my invention embodied in an ordinary wooden wheel;

Fig. 2 is a. transverse sectional view show ing my invention embodied in the conventional wire wheel;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation;

Fig. i is a detailed view in transverse section of the means for locking the outer tire retaining flange to'the rim;

Fi 5 is a similar view showing a. modified arm of miter locking plate;

Fi 6 is, a detailed, view of the locking bolt lor the locking plates;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the stud holtnut used on the wooden wheel;

F 1g. 8 is a perspective view of the stud bolt nut used on the wire wheel.

Referring to the drawings, especinllv to Figs. 1. and 3, it will be seen that one emhodiinent of my invention contemplates an unto wheel inchiding a. huh l0, spokes 11 and it telly 12. preferably of Wooden con struction. A telly hand 13 is shrunk or otherwise secured upon the te ly 12 and is provided {it its inner edge, that is; at the edge ai'ljacent the vehicle, with :1 vertical upstanding flange 14;, and is provided at its outer edge with a bevel l5 constituting an inclined surface. Both the lien e 14 and the inclined surface 15 exten cntircl around the circumference of the folly ba n The felly is provided with a plurality of transverse openin t 16, which communicate at their inner an s with recesses 17 to receive the stud bolts and stud bolt nuts, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A removable wedge ring 18 is positioned upon the telly band adjacent the upstanding flenge 14, and presents an inclined surface 18 as shown.

The demountehle rim consists of a base section 19 having an inner integral tire en: gaging and retaining flange 20, and having; formed on its outer side an inner vertically depending locking plate 21, the inner face of which is adapted when the rim is in sition to bear against the outer face 0 the felly. An outer'tire engagin and retaining flange 22 has integrally ormed therewith a vertically dependin outer lockin plate 23, the inner face of Wll0lll8 $dfl to when the rim parts are assembled, to ear against the outer face of the inner locking, plate 21. Both of the locking plates exten entirel around the circum erenoe of the rim. he underside of the base section of the rim is provided with an int-e rel downwardly extending circutnfercntia flange 24, having an inclined face 24' corres ending to the inclined face 18' of the we ge ring 18, and at the outerside the underside of the base section is provided with a wedge ring 25, which m1 surface 2') correspondin to the in clined surface 15 of the fell band 13. W'hen in engugement these inclined si'lrfuces coiiperate to properly position the rim spaced from the telly band.

'The inner locking plate 2]. is provided with a plurality of threaded openings 2L, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, preferably six in number, to receive the inner threaded. portion 26 of the locking bolt. The tl'ireadi-d portion 26 is of slightly less diameter than the smooth portion 27 of the bolt, and when the bolt is tln-ieuled into locking position, the shoulder 2'? thus formed abuts against the adjacent outwface of the inner loeliinp; plate 21. The head 28 of the looking bolt is provided at its inner peripheral edge with a bevel surface 28. In the outer locking plate 2 3 there is formed a plurality (ii on larged openings 25'' oi lentil-writ we to permit passage tlurretlzrough of the heads ill oi the loi'liinp bells and roin'vnunirtnlin with each of tllnnl: openings s u unwind it'l'ulll lull} extending slot 13!), n iglitl greater diam eter than the smooth plu'tion ii of the loch ing bolt hereby to permit. entrance of the smooth portion 27 into the slot. but to pre vent passage of the head 2d through the slot. The. bevel 28' of the head greatly fa cilitates, and in fact is the only means by which it is made practically possible to move the locking plate 23 cireumferentinlly, so that the smooth portion 2'? of the locking bolt will enter the slot 30.

When the rim is assembled with the tire thereon, andis mounted on the wheel in proper position, it is retained in this position by the action of the stud bolts, 31. These stud bolts 81 are preferably in number, and extend'ithrough suitably alined openings 82 and 33 formed. in the outer and innei loekii plates respectively, and

I throueth the ow ings 16 in the telly 12.

The 1 tfeud 01 10h oi. the stud bolts is threaded, as -:-.noWn at 31, and is ada ted b be seated in the threaded bore 34 o the stud bolt nut 35.

The stud bolt nuts 35 are each seated in a. recess 17 provided therefor in felly l2, and are formed with arcuate wings 36, which in position are coincident with the outer face of the telly, and as the recesses 17 in Will h ench nut 35 is received conformsto the contoilr of the nut, these wings 36 prevent the nut from turning and render it stationary at all times. A rndi ally extending flange 37 adapted to bear against the inner face of the telly 12 as shown in Fig. 1 is also provided.

As shown in Fig. 5. the outer lockin plate 23 of the separable tire retaining {m d engaging flange 22 may be bent to present concave-convex crrrs section or outwardly bowed Wrtion 3*. This construction brings the resiliencv of the metal constitu ing the locking plate into play and renders the plate more particularly adapted to p take of its operative movements. The outvxrdly bowed portion 38 is formed of course inter mediate the hearing; portions of the locking plate. i

In the form of lurkin plate shownin Fig. 4, a thin gasket 39 0 suitable material and impregnated with peratlin or the like s disposed between the locking plates, but in the form of the locking plate shown in Fig. 5, the gasket is dispensed with.

In Fig. .3, the invention is shown embodied in a. wire Wheel construction, the nu-- meral 4U designating the spokes of the wheel, and the fixed rim thereof is shown at 11. The fixed rim serves for both the felly find telly bend .and consists merely of an annular ring, rectangular in cross section mid preferably constructed of metal. This ln'ed rim 41 is provided with an llltvlllfll upstanding flange 42 corresponding to the flange- 14 ot' the emb dintent of my inw-u lion shown in Fig. l. and with at. inclined si -lace 1!) also em'rcspondint: to the inclin d sorl'ace l5 nl Fig. l. The outer edge o the fixed rim "ll is provided with a vertically rlepei'iding integral plate =14 extmnling entirely around the circumference. This plate 44; is provided with a plurality of openings 45 therethrough which correspond to the openings 16 of Fig. 1, and these openings receive the short stud bolts 46 of this form of my invention. 'l he inner threaded The inclined bevel. surface'49 of nut 48 seats in the corner between the fixed rim 41 and the plate 44, and. this nut 48 is secured to the fixed rim 41 end plate 44, or is made separable therefrom, as desired.

The demountable rim, its locking plates and associated structure, and the means for properly positioning end spacing the rim from the telly are precisely tile same in this embodiment of my invention, as in the em bodiment shown in Fig. 1, being shown in detail in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6. In both embodiments of my invention, the outer tire enga ing and retaining flange 22 is provided Wit iinpaetlugs 50 which may be operated upon by a hammer or suitable tool to induce the relative mo ement of the loc plates necessary to move the looking belt 111 or out of the slot 30, as desired, so therefore to assemble or disassemble the demountable rim.

rim laid flat on the ground with these bolts on the upper side. he impact lugs are then operated upon by a hammer or other suitable tool in such manner that the outer lockin plate will be moved so that the looking bo ts will be displaced from the slots 30 intd the openings 29, and the outer tire engaging flange 22 with its locking plate 23 may be then withdrawn, the locking bolt passing through the openings 29. In assembling the rim the locking plate 23 of the outer tire en aging flange 22 has its openings 29 aline with the locking bolts, and is then moved toward the rim, so that the locking bolts project through the openings. The impact lugs 50 are then operated upon in such manner that the locking plate 23 is moved circumferentially of the locking plate 22 to cause the locking bolts to enter the slots 30. The bevel 28 of the locking bolts presents an inclined surface to the locking plate 23, and in this manner forces the same inwardly against the locking plate 21, and greatly facilitates if not only makes practically possible, this assembly. In the event of emergency the demountable rim may be entirel removed, as well as the wedge ring 18 an the travel to place of relief ma be made upon the telly band 13. This ell band is positively supported and of such cross section and strength that it will not be distorted or damaged by this exposure.

I claim i 1. In a device of the character described,

a demountable rim including a base section 85 having an inner locking plate intefgral therewith, a separable tire retainin ange having an outer resilient locking p ate provided with bearing portions adapted to-be disposed against said inner locking plate, and an intermediate outwardly bowed portion spaced from the inner locking late to be free to partake of flexion when t e resiliency of the plate comes into lay, and means enga ed with said inner loc 'ng plate and adapte to be engaged withth'e outwardly bowed portion of said outer locking plate to secure said inner and outer locking plates together, all as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a device of the character described, 50 a demountable rim including a base section having an inner locking plate inte al therewith, a separable tire retainin f nge having an outer resilient locking p ate provided with bearin portions adapted to be disposed against sai inner locking plate, an intermediate outwardly bowed portion spaced from the inner'locking' late to be free to partake of flexionwhen t e resiliency of the plate comes into play, and a locking bolt including a head adapted to be engaged with the outwardl bowed portion and a shank having three ed engagement with the inner locking plate to secure said inner and outer locking plates to ether, all as and for the 65 purposes set fort LOUIS H. KRICKEL 

